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does best. >> not many of you know the boehner birthday song it's simple. this is your birthday song, it doesn't last too long, hay. >> that's all for now "the ed show" is next. >>> good evening americans and welcome to the "the ed show." the keystone pipeline has never been this close to the president's desk. it's "the ed show" from new york, let's get to work. >> tonight, the senate has an important opportunity. >> later today the...
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the president is john boehner are facing off for what couldçe a down to the wire nail-biter of a fiscal fight. indeed, the stakes are so high, the pressure so intense, that the house is calling it quits for the week. giving themselves another much deserved break. of course, not before demanding action from the president. >> where are the specifics? where are the discussions? nothing is going on, so we asked the president, sit down with us. >> i'll be here, i'll be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. >> of course the speaker had to clarify that since the house is not back in session till tuesday. leaving just three days on the legislative calendar to get a deal. don't work too hard, guys. the president began his day meeting with business leaders a suring them he passionately roots for their success. even as he broke the news face to face that their taxes are going up. >>. >> let's allow higher rates to go up for the top 2%, that includes all of you, yes. but not in in way that will affect your spending, lifestyles or the econo
the president is john boehner are facing off for what couldçe a down to the wire nail-biter of a fiscal fight. indeed, the stakes are so high, the pressure so intense, that the house is calling it quits for the week. giving themselves another much deserved break. of course, not before demanding action from the president. >> where are the specifics? where are the discussions? nothing is going on, so we asked the president, sit down with us. >> i'll be here, i'll be available at any...
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. >> i feel almost sorry for john boehner. >> does john boehner have control of his caucus? >> will john boehner lead his sdmaukz. >> is he leading his caucus or will his caucus lead him? >> two party two is going to dwarf tea party one. >> this is embarrassing. >> he's the problem. >> he's willing to act like the election never happened. >> we're not getting anywhere. >> we're going over the cliff. >> it's the gop who has been short on specifics. >> i would say we're nowhere, period. we're nowhere. >> the same exact policies. >> this shows that republicans are really chicken hawks. >> you can't be serious. >> chicken hawks when it comes to reducing the debt. >> get serious. >> we're not getting anywhere. >> the path to nowhere. >> be prepared for the plunge. >> i would say we're know where know where. >> there's clearly a chance. >>> today, john boehner, eric cantor and paul ryan finally kind of sort of responded to the president's budget proposal, a proposal of their own that they were so unmarried to that they didn't put their names on it. they said the whole thing was er
. >> i feel almost sorry for john boehner. >> does john boehner have control of his caucus? >> will john boehner lead his sdmaukz. >> is he leading his caucus or will his caucus lead him? >> two party two is going to dwarf tea party one. >> this is embarrassing. >> he's the problem. >> he's willing to act like the election never happened. >> we're not getting anywhere. >> we're going over the cliff. >> it's the gop who has been...
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. >> yeah, and they wagged the dog, too, john boehner was wagging the tail to keep those people happy. >> what is it going to cost you? >> it's going to cost you a lot of money, to fundraise, it's a special election. >> it's a fortune -- >> that is part of the problem too is women also need to fundraise. >> ahead, this special edition of "hardball" continues, stay with us. you can play "hardball" all week long on line, follow the show on twitter and instagram and like us on facebook. and we'll have information as we cover the trump transition, don't you love it? we'll be right back. ♪ whether you're after supreme performance... advanced intelligence... or breathtaking style... there's a c-class just for you. decisions, decisions, decisions. lease the c300 sedan for $389 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. well this here's a load-bearing wall. we'll go ahead and rip that out. that'll cause a lot of problems. hmm. totally unnecessary and it triples the budget. we'll be totally behind schedule, right? (laughschedules. schedules. great, okay.
. >> yeah, and they wagged the dog, too, john boehner was wagging the tail to keep those people happy. >> what is it going to cost you? >> it's going to cost you a lot of money, to fundraise, it's a special election. >> it's a fortune -- >> that is part of the problem too is women also need to fundraise. >> ahead, this special edition of "hardball" continues, stay with us. you can play "hardball" all week long on line, follow the show on...
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the leadership reid and boehner met yesterday. my guess is they were talking about is there common ground that we have if there is a fill your. >> right. >> in other words, a back up plan. >> is there something we want to say on a joint basis if there's a failure. sor it just everyone back to their corners. let requestiosequestration kick >> thanks for joining us. >>> next can super mario's government in italy finally give the markets release. >>> plus, how rick perry managed to attack the entire republican field in just one sentence. >>> and, a window at the white house smashed by a bullet. was someone shooting at president obama. >>> the trivia question. who is the only modern day world lead tore disappe-- leader to dr never to be seen again. that answer and more coming up on "the daily rundown." >>> with concerns about italy and greece already weighing on the marks new data shows spain may now be on the verge of recession. cnbc's becky quick joins me for a market run down. good morning, becky. >> good morning, chris. everyday w
the leadership reid and boehner met yesterday. my guess is they were talking about is there common ground that we have if there is a fill your. >> right. >> in other words, a back up plan. >> is there something we want to say on a joint basis if there's a failure. sor it just everyone back to their corners. let requestiosequestration kick >> thanks for joining us. >>> next can super mario's government in italy finally give the markets release. >>> plus,...
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boehner has to go for it. weap we don't want nothing on august 2nd. >> when it it comes to leadership, do you think the president has bowed too much to his own party, or there are those that suggest he's overly accommodating to the gop? how do you read it? >> alex, i'll tell you something. anytime you have a president with a d after his name who is making concessions on things like social security and medicare and medicaid, you know, that is going to the heart of your base. this is a very courageous move on his part, and you know, i think that what frustrates him is he does not believe there is similar give on the other side. i think this is the problem boehner has. he's got a -- he's got a gang of folks on his side in the house who will not compromise on anything. he's having real trouble keeping these folks inside the tent. a lot of them go on your shows and say that the president is a liar and that they're not going to go for any tax increases. this is bad stuff. i'm not even insure hsure harry could get us
boehner has to go for it. weap we don't want nothing on august 2nd. >> when it it comes to leadership, do you think the president has bowed too much to his own party, or there are those that suggest he's overly accommodating to the gop? how do you read it? >> alex, i'll tell you something. anytime you have a president with a d after his name who is making concessions on things like social security and medicare and medicaid, you know, that is going to the heart of your base. this is...
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those who don't like boehner, don't love boehner, they love paul ryan. he was whipping plan b. so paul ryan, probably the most high-profile guy who could be a consensus candidate getz boehner. he's not running against barren. he's not even interesting. >> if the president get this through, and it i know it's a big if -- he has to know goes yags. >> you're always going to have to include john boehner. he's speaker of the house. i think you're making a fair point that the power of house republicans to drive the debate is being underquestioned right now. people are going to look to this experience as to how john bane err may or may not be able to drive this discussion. >> sam, on this kind of deal, there's always last-minute horse trading. things get thrown on the paper and the base finds out and gets upset. what gets him upset when he's trying to get it done by the end of the year. >> the likely thing that will get him peaked would be the tax rates. my guess is that in the process of trying to hammer out this deal it gets raised to somewhere around 400, maybe $500,000. i think th
those who don't like boehner, don't love boehner, they love paul ryan. he was whipping plan b. so paul ryan, probably the most high-profile guy who could be a consensus candidate getz boehner. he's not running against barren. he's not even interesting. >> if the president get this through, and it i know it's a big if -- he has to know goes yags. >> you're always going to have to include john boehner. he's speaker of the house. i think you're making a fair point that the power of...
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speaker boehner's approval rating is taking a beating. the top tax rates that is a core issue for republicans, even though we are hearing from more of them, a handful of members in both the house and senate talking about the likely hood that that will in fact happen. the highest earners will pay more. that would likely be the last piece of the puzzle in a negotiation. i'm hearing from people in both sides say expect this to keep going and a likelihood if a deal is achievable it will happen close to the deadline seems to be the thinking. they are telling everybody to be prepared to be here during the holidays. we are hearing that as well. there is sort of a resignation that it's going to be a long process. >> thank you, kelly. great le appreciate it. the national political reporter for the atlantic democratic strategist keith bicycle in. amy stoddard, associate editor for the hill paper. thank you all for joining us. let me start off with you. we are going to show our audience later the headlines or a couple of the headlines out there. if
speaker boehner's approval rating is taking a beating. the top tax rates that is a core issue for republicans, even though we are hearing from more of them, a handful of members in both the house and senate talking about the likely hood that that will in fact happen. the highest earners will pay more. that would likely be the last piece of the puzzle in a negotiation. i'm hearing from people in both sides say expect this to keep going and a likelihood if a deal is achievable it will happen...
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i'd like you to listen to something that speaker john boehner said today about whether comprehensive immigration reform is dead. i'd like your reaction. take a listen. >> let me answer the first question. is immigration reform dead? absolutely not. >> that's news to me. >> listen, i don't see where they're doing anything to move forward with a comprehensive immigration law. >> what is he talking about? >> i mean has he appointed any individuals to pass a bill so we can do immigration, have a conference with the senate? no. it's all lies. they haven't done their business. what are you doing, mr. speaker? when are you going to move forward with a bill? >> he said he is not stopping comprehensive immigration reform. >> he absolutely is. who else? he is the speaker. he won't allow it on the floor. he told his chairman not to go forward with it. he speaks with forked tongue. >> he does sadly. you and several house colleagues are headed overseas. in fact you're going to brussels and then on to berlin. you're probably going to be asked some difficult questions about spying because we've hea
i'd like you to listen to something that speaker john boehner said today about whether comprehensive immigration reform is dead. i'd like your reaction. take a listen. >> let me answer the first question. is immigration reform dead? absolutely not. >> that's news to me. >> listen, i don't see where they're doing anything to move forward with a comprehensive immigration law. >> what is he talking about? >> i mean has he appointed any individuals to pass a bill so we...
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boehner has been embarrassed. he could not get the vote of his own caucus, of his own conference to pass a benign piece of legislation, a piece of legislation that protected everybody up to a million dollars. i don't know how you get more embarrassed than that. now, i hope that these guys can get together, these men and women can get together and do something before january 1st. but i'd check those airplane logs if i were you. if they're really serious, they're going to say you're going to get the final word. >> and i'm creating this dynamic of making it difficult. john boehner was not embarrassed. the house works its will. to try to put it ins terms of being embarrassed, misses the whole point. >> and i remember that well because i had a school feed trip to the national zoo that was canceled because the government shut down. so you've robbed your young kids of access. thanks so much for coming on the program. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> up next, capital cliffhanger. behind the scenes in the fiscal cliff n
boehner has been embarrassed. he could not get the vote of his own caucus, of his own conference to pass a benign piece of legislation, a piece of legislation that protected everybody up to a million dollars. i don't know how you get more embarrassed than that. now, i hope that these guys can get together, these men and women can get together and do something before january 1st. but i'd check those airplane logs if i were you. if they're really serious, they're going to say you're going to get...
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. >> one of the big winners of the affordable care act now appears to be speaker of the house john boehner. he was so certain it was going to be impossible to enroll and he did a media stunt of enrolling and he got himself a pretty good deal? >> i'm happy for him. i hope he is imbued with the holiday spirit. >> i'm sure a few months from now he will be praising it and say for me it's actually working very well. i'm sure he will tell us the truth. >> one thing we know for sure is that those folks do not want this to succeed. it's fine to have oversight but the truth is they want the plan to succeed. the only thing we can do is scrap it and i think the question that needs to be asked again and again and again is what's your answer? what's your answer for people who get tlaun off of their insurance because they get sick? what's your answer for double digit increases? for the last three years we have had a record small increase and that is attributed in part to the affordable care act. >> david, thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> happy holiday. >> thank you. you, too. coming up, mi
. >> one of the big winners of the affordable care act now appears to be speaker of the house john boehner. he was so certain it was going to be impossible to enroll and he did a media stunt of enrolling and he got himself a pretty good deal? >> i'm happy for him. i hope he is imbued with the holiday spirit. >> i'm sure a few months from now he will be praising it and say for me it's actually working very well. i'm sure he will tell us the truth. >> one thing we know for...
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congressman meadows has called for boehner to vacate the chair. he hopes to start a conversation about republicans in leadership. no speaker has been ousted and only been tried once before. >>> tuesday, hillary clinton once again dodged a question about the controversial keystone pipeline. she was asked if she would sign a bill in favor of it she said quote, if it's undecided when i become president i'll answer your question. >>> everyone seems to have an opinion on recent nuclear deal with iran. now a few celebrities are weighing in. >> the agreement on the table is best way to insure iran doesn't build a [ bleep ] bomb. >> do me a favor, okay. don't let them hot headed member of congress screw that up. >> it's actually not all that funny. >> in the video, morgan freeman, jack black ask americans to pledge support for the president's deal. >>> president obama is back in the u.s. following his five day trip to africa. at one point he said he didn't know why leaders stay in office so long. >> i actually think i'm a pretty good president. i think if
congressman meadows has called for boehner to vacate the chair. he hopes to start a conversation about republicans in leadership. no speaker has been ousted and only been tried once before. >>> tuesday, hillary clinton once again dodged a question about the controversial keystone pipeline. she was asked if she would sign a bill in favor of it she said quote, if it's undecided when i become president i'll answer your question. >>> everyone seems to have an opinion on recent...
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put yourself in john boehner's chu shoes for a moment. imagine what it's like for him to wake up every morning and face the forces that are assembled against him. one simple goal. to survive another day. john boehner must find a way to placate the tea party, whose irate with any talk of negotiations not including obama care, the entirety of american finance capitalism, that has told him he cannot blow through the debt ceiling, and then there's the american people. according to a new nbc news poll, both the gop and the tea party's favorability rating that sunk to an all-time low. and 53% of americans blame republicans in congress for the budget standoff, compared to 31% who blame the president. with those three separate interests in mind, john boehner's play is this. >> what we want to do is to offer the president today the ability to move. a temporary increase in the debt ceiling, an agreement to go to conference on the budget. >> far-right groups like heritage action are falling behind boehner's plan, but amazingly, this is a total rever
put yourself in john boehner's chu shoes for a moment. imagine what it's like for him to wake up every morning and face the forces that are assembled against him. one simple goal. to survive another day. john boehner must find a way to placate the tea party, whose irate with any talk of negotiations not including obama care, the entirety of american finance capitalism, that has told him he cannot blow through the debt ceiling, and then there's the american people. according to a new nbc news...
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boehner will be glad to see the end of mr. demint. >> i'm sure he will. i think it represents the weakens of the tea party within congress. jim demint is a movement conservative. we have certainly not seen nor heard the last of him. he will find other ways to create headaches for both boehner and mcconnell, but i agree with david. most importantly, it may be a slight relief from the headache for john boehner, but he's still got a big challenge in that he is negotiating at this point with himself and not facing the reality that he doesn't really have a lot of leverage. >> indeed. jared, speaking of the details themselves, speaker boehner is saying that his is a serious offer that produces sufficient revenue and savings for the next decade. you're an economist, does it? do his numbers really add up? >> well, no, they don't add up because they lack any level of specificity that you would need to even write them down and put a plus sign next to them so see if they'd add up. he did the same -- >> hang on a second though. he said he stuck $800 billion in revenu
boehner will be glad to see the end of mr. demint. >> i'm sure he will. i think it represents the weakens of the tea party within congress. jim demint is a movement conservative. we have certainly not seen nor heard the last of him. he will find other ways to create headaches for both boehner and mcconnell, but i agree with david. most importantly, it may be a slight relief from the headache for john boehner, but he's still got a big challenge in that he is negotiating at this point with...
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i understand you won't quarterback for john boehner. do you have a view on that law which you passed which the supreme court changed but said it can be renewed on the floor again, do you think that deserves a floor vote? >> my view yes, if you don't legs late, then the supreme court will do what they want to do with the issue. so if you're going to have an act of congress, an act of congress, you need to bring legislation to the floor to get it done. and that type of legislation, you have to have a really strong bipartisan support because it affects everybody in this country. >> all right, speaker dennis hastert, interesting points today, thank you for your time. >> nice to be with you. >> more snow? are you kidding me? a check on the weather and holiday folys, don't miss that. people join angie's list for all kinds of reasons. i go to angie's list to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everythin
i understand you won't quarterback for john boehner. do you have a view on that law which you passed which the supreme court changed but said it can be renewed on the floor again, do you think that deserves a floor vote? >> my view yes, if you don't legs late, then the supreme court will do what they want to do with the issue. so if you're going to have an act of congress, an act of congress, you need to bring legislation to the floor to get it done. and that type of legislation, you have...
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we get hung up on speaker boehner sometimes. i want to push you on that because something a lot of people say, though, is that if we did this once, a big deal, 500 days, down to the wire, we didn't get a breakthrough, there are a lot of folks, including democrats who say well, why would a 60 or 90-day deal be any good? doesn't this just replay -- i take your point on the certainty of the markets in the short run -- >> go ahead. >> no, no. i'm saying more of -- half a loaf. the president has been talking about a very large deal, $1.6 trillion. if you get $800 billion now and say $800 billion later in tax reform, i would go for that. and i -- i would certainly encourage my colleagues to do that. >> understood. because -- because your time is limited going back to vote, i want to move to another issue. sometimes we only react to the latest story on the cliff. but another issue that's important to a lot of people and you have been working on is violence against women act. there has been a lot of movement on that. on the senate side.
we get hung up on speaker boehner sometimes. i want to push you on that because something a lot of people say, though, is that if we did this once, a big deal, 500 days, down to the wire, we didn't get a breakthrough, there are a lot of folks, including democrats who say well, why would a 60 or 90-day deal be any good? doesn't this just replay -- i take your point on the certainty of the markets in the short run -- >> go ahead. >> no, no. i'm saying more of -- half a loaf. the...
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boehner didn't intend that. boehner, as we know, is obsessed with cutting spending. and so we, in a sense, you get the ball rolling when you go to a meeting at the white house and you say, mr. president, i'm going extract things out of you that i would not otherwise get. >> but the irony is he would have, had they not made it about health care the president would have been there to have conversations about spending. >> one of the platforms of the republican party is they don't like government waste. how much did we waste in this process steve rattner and what are the other ramifications that could still happen given the fact we came so close to the deadline. >> a bunch of ramifications. s&p came out yesterday and said it cost $24 bill thrown the economy. the equivalent of a whole big dig in boston we could have done a whole big dig in boston. >> or jfk and laguardia. >> to have all that. you have all that. enormous uncertainty on the part of business and consumers. consumer confidence hit a nine month low during this process and people are pulling back. you caulk tal
boehner didn't intend that. boehner, as we know, is obsessed with cutting spending. and so we, in a sense, you get the ball rolling when you go to a meeting at the white house and you say, mr. president, i'm going extract things out of you that i would not otherwise get. >> but the irony is he would have, had they not made it about health care the president would have been there to have conversations about spending. >> one of the platforms of the republican party is they don't like...
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the boehner bill. here's what he said last night. >> we will not solve this humanitarian crisis unless and until we end president obama's amnesty. the cause of the humanitarian crisis we're ficing right now is president obama's laws. >> congressman doggett, i have to ask, who is the real speaker of the house? boehner or senator cruz? >> well, you have to wonder. it's like the government shutdown all over again. he was here having a little pootsa party with some of these far right members of the house and the not so right, insisting that they be against everything. i think what he just said, that you brought up, reverend al, is so important. i have met with these dreamers. these young people who have so much potential for our country. and he wants to put an end to their presence and their opportunity to contribute to our country in san antonio and austin, all over the country, these young people have so much potential. and then again, as krystal said as far as coming to the middle, you know, even the ch
the boehner bill. here's what he said last night. >> we will not solve this humanitarian crisis unless and until we end president obama's amnesty. the cause of the humanitarian crisis we're ficing right now is president obama's laws. >> congressman doggett, i have to ask, who is the real speaker of the house? boehner or senator cruz? >> well, you have to wonder. it's like the government shutdown all over again. he was here having a little pootsa party with some of these far...
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how much pressure is speaker boehner under? does he have real allies at this point, since it seems he's being pulled in multiple directions here? >> speaker boehner is under enormous pressure, and if he needed to have this vote with just his own caucus or conference, he wouldn't be able to get it done. to the vote in the house, i think for every -- i think there's more tom coles there than we know that won't speak up. >> why won't they speak up? are they waiting to see the next round of back and forth? >> well, that could be part of it, but also, they're a little bit concerned about what their constituents are going to say. they don't want their e-mail box bombarded by the heritage foundation. now you see two extreme views. i think you'll end up at the trillion dollar mark, and i think that speaker boehner will need a lot of of democrats but i think he'll get them if everybody can come to a plan. he can use his moderates and democrats and get the votes he needs. >> thank you all for your time. great pleasure to have you on the
how much pressure is speaker boehner under? does he have real allies at this point, since it seems he's being pulled in multiple directions here? >> speaker boehner is under enormous pressure, and if he needed to have this vote with just his own caucus or conference, he wouldn't be able to get it done. to the vote in the house, i think for every -- i think there's more tom coles there than we know that won't speak up. >> why won't they speak up? are they waiting to see the next...
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john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party willing to share his company. he didn't even have any milk to drink because, well, tell them why, john? >> they had taken my milk and thrown it in the garbage. >> they took it and threw it in the garbage. i was so heart broken to hear this i said, look, how about this, john? if you agree to a 1% rate on the top 2 americans, just 2 people, i will dissolve social security. dissolve it. so we took it to the republicans and congress and what do they do? >> invited me to a pizza party. >> and when they got there -- when you got there, sir? >> it was a burned out warehouse. >> did you go inside? >> yes. >> and was there any pizza? >> no. >> and then what happened? >> they jumped out and pelted me with eggs. >> fresh eggs? >> rotten eggs. >> bill, i'll tell you, i feel like john boehner. mike has invited me to dinner many, many times. i show up and he's not there. all right. let's turn to reality news now. mtv has been looking for replacements of the "jersey
john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party willing to share his company. he didn't even have any milk to drink because, well, tell them why, john? >> they had taken my milk and thrown it in the garbage. >> they took it and threw it in the garbage. i was so heart broken to hear this i said, look, how about this, john? if you agree to a 1% rate on the top 2 americans, just 2 people, i will dissolve social security. dissolve it. so we took it to the...
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i think that john boehner realizes he has to govern. i think when you're elected by your constituency, you can't go to a group of 435 or 535 if you count the senate and expect to get your way or the highway. you can't do it. i don't like this deal. john boehner didn't like this deal, but he knew that if we went into next year with the possibility of a government shutdown that it was going to be much worse for the overall future of america and the ability to govern. so i think that these conservative groups are being harder on republicans than they are on democrats. >> absolutely. targeting the speaker and saying you better watch out basically. we're not talking santa claus style you better watch out, you better not shout. melissa, what's interesting to me, it was this that brought john boehner, this kind of small ball two-year budget was the thing, the straw that broke john boehner's back apparently and gave him what i think he feels is the leeway to lash out at heritage action and say enough is enough. >> i keep wondering whether or no
i think that john boehner realizes he has to govern. i think when you're elected by your constituency, you can't go to a group of 435 or 535 if you count the senate and expect to get your way or the highway. you can't do it. i don't like this deal. john boehner didn't like this deal, but he knew that if we went into next year with the possibility of a government shutdown that it was going to be much worse for the overall future of america and the ability to govern. so i think that these...
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birther isn't the only wacko insult speaker boehner has defended. here he is in 2011 standing up for all forms of republican ignorance. let's listen. >> i believe that he is a muslim. >> you do. >> yes. >> how many of you believe that here? wow. >> as the speaker of the house, as a leader do you not think it's your responsibility to stand up to that kind of ignorance? >> david, it's not my job to tell the american people what to think. >> you know, that was the groggiest look and answer. how can he say it's not his job to tell the american people what to think. he is the leader of the congress, the speaker of the house, second in line to the presidency. he's supposed to be a leader and he says that's not my job. it's almost like sergeant schultz. i know nothing. >> it's groggy because the mickies that he's been being slipped by the heritage foundation -- >> making a metaphorical point. >> yes, a very metaphorical point. there was a point, chris, earlier this year when john boehner actually called out the fractious, hard-line, you know, racial conser
birther isn't the only wacko insult speaker boehner has defended. here he is in 2011 standing up for all forms of republican ignorance. let's listen. >> i believe that he is a muslim. >> you do. >> yes. >> how many of you believe that here? wow. >> as the speaker of the house, as a leader do you not think it's your responsibility to stand up to that kind of ignorance? >> david, it's not my job to tell the american people what to think. >> you know, that...
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this is not an actual photo of john boehner's ashtray, i'm guessing this is what john boehner's ashtray looks like right now, because he has a heck of a lot of reasons to chain smoke today. starting with the scene outside his capitol window. >> we're having this press conference outside the halls of congress because as congressman steve king has said, we haven't had much of a discussion yet inside the halls of congress. >> john boehner and everyone else, you're the wiig party. if we stay together and hold true to true principles without regard to party, the republicans will go the way of the whigs. and we win. >> you know, there's an old saying in texas and a lot of other places, fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me. >> they lied to ronald reagan and they have been lying for the last six months to the american people, they're not going to get away with it this time. because we'll give you a chance to work. but we should not be giving a chance to be a taker. >> there are people who are coming here who want to come to cut your lawn and have a better life. but there are p
this is not an actual photo of john boehner's ashtray, i'm guessing this is what john boehner's ashtray looks like right now, because he has a heck of a lot of reasons to chain smoke today. starting with the scene outside his capitol window. >> we're having this press conference outside the halls of congress because as congressman steve king has said, we haven't had much of a discussion yet inside the halls of congress. >> john boehner and everyone else, you're the wiig party. if we...
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his speaker john boehner is certainly not this charge. that leads to chris christie and rush limbaugh. the take charge governor who's getting from democrats versus the hard right radio show talk show host. how does this gop movie end? joining me now is melina, contributor to "the grio" and margie omaro. the gop has a real rush problem. how do you see this ending? >> i don't mow. in 2009 james carville did a poll and found that rush limbaugh -- many people find that rush limbaugh is the leader of the republican party and that has not changed over the course of four years. rush doesn't need to run for any office. he's beholden to no one except for advertisers and viewers. so republican officials need to stand up to limbaugh first before they can really go out and get more votes in the broader sector of the electorate. >> but margie, is it risky for a republican to stand up to limbaugh when he's popular in the vote unless the chris stooer example of standing up on the president and doing his job becomes a new model for our republicans to say
his speaker john boehner is certainly not this charge. that leads to chris christie and rush limbaugh. the take charge governor who's getting from democrats versus the hard right radio show talk show host. how does this gop movie end? joining me now is melina, contributor to "the grio" and margie omaro. the gop has a real rush problem. how do you see this ending? >> i don't mow. in 2009 james carville did a poll and found that rush limbaugh -- many people find that rush limbaugh...
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and here's house speaker boehner office responded. senator reid should talk less and legislate more. legislate more? what legislation has speaker boehner been working on while on vacation? while we're about to go over the cliff, the gop has been pointing fingers at the president. one gop aide says talks have failed because "the president made a strategic miscalculation and overreached. he picked a fight." picked a fight? sorry, that's not going to fly. the president has come to the table with numerous proposals. he isn't picking a fight. he's fighting for the american people. we all want a deal. but we will not give up our core principles. the president ran on families and has the american people on his side. that's why speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell are cracking up with the clock ticking. joining me now is form er pennsylvania governor ed rendell. jerry bernstein, senior fellow at the center and jonathan, opinion writer for "the washington post" and an msnbc kriblt tor. contributor. thank you all for coming on the show. governor
and here's house speaker boehner office responded. senator reid should talk less and legislate more. legislate more? what legislation has speaker boehner been working on while on vacation? while we're about to go over the cliff, the gop has been pointing fingers at the president. one gop aide says talks have failed because "the president made a strategic miscalculation and overreached. he picked a fight." picked a fight? sorry, that's not going to fly. the president has come to the...
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house speaker john boehner invited israeli prime minister without clearing that with congress. >> i don't believe that i'm poking anyone in the eye. >> reporter: they're trying to fast-track sanctions against iran. we talked about a lot of issues here. what about immigration, there are still lawmakers on capitol hill talking about it. betty, the chance of a comprehensive reform happening in this congress, it doesn't seem like it's going to make the light of day. thank you, tracy. >>> let's get down to business. good morning to you. >> betty, good morning to you. i did not get the yellow memo. >> that's all right. >>> american express is cutting 6% of its work force as it continues to rein in cost. offset by hiring in other parts of the company and ebay is cutting jobs as well it's cutting 2400 jobs as it gets set to spin off its paypal business. >>> google is getting set to sell mobile phone plans directly to customers. the service is expected to be launched later this year. >>> microsoft goes virtual. a visor that can project 3-d images. explore the surface of mars. it will be available
house speaker john boehner invited israeli prime minister without clearing that with congress. >> i don't believe that i'm poking anyone in the eye. >> reporter: they're trying to fast-track sanctions against iran. we talked about a lot of issues here. what about immigration, there are still lawmakers on capitol hill talking about it. betty, the chance of a comprehensive reform happening in this congress, it doesn't seem like it's going to make the light of day. thank you, tracy....
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that's what the spokesman for speaker john boehner. what is the -- i mean, that sounds like a reaction that could have come from the tea party caucus that boehner has been wrestling with. that tone suggests republicans are going to react badly to this. is that the sense you're getting? >> reporter: he says all options are on the table and they haven't come to a clear decision yet. but white house's argument is they would far prefer to have any type of legislative answer and they haven't been able to so far because congressional republicans, mainly in the house, have stalled on this measure that was passed through the senate more than a year ago. >> and speaking of the senate, senator john cornyn of texas, clearly an affected state, had some thoughts on the senate floor about this executive order. let's take a listen. >> it will be deeply harmful to our nation's tradition of the rule of law and deeply harmful to the further of our democracy. many democrats believe, as i do, that this is a mistake. the president should heed their advice,
that's what the spokesman for speaker john boehner. what is the -- i mean, that sounds like a reaction that could have come from the tea party caucus that boehner has been wrestling with. that tone suggests republicans are going to react badly to this. is that the sense you're getting? >> reporter: he says all options are on the table and they haven't come to a clear decision yet. but white house's argument is they would far prefer to have any type of legislative answer and they haven't...
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boehner is left to kill the bill. a bill that he previously thought was hill, but like othello he now says, so sweet was never so fatal. of course, it's now too late to go back and stop the hidden hand of eric cantor, orchestrating his own plan while publicly throwing speaker boehner to the wolves. but that's what he's been doing for the last year. this may be a tragedy for john boehner, but in reality, it's the most terrible tragedy for the american people. and it's them who are being killed by eric cantor, a shakespearean rogue, if ever i saw one. thanks so much for watching. dylan ratigan's here to take us forward. dylan, what you got? >> well, i have some actually very spectacular news for you, martin. >> spectacular news? >> yeah, oh, yeah. i'm going to show you something. so, listen, you know the holiday's coming up, i did not have a christmas card. as you know, i don't have a family, per se. i don't have a wife or children. so i can't put like a cute picture of myself with my wife and babies on the family card
boehner is left to kill the bill. a bill that he previously thought was hill, but like othello he now says, so sweet was never so fatal. of course, it's now too late to go back and stop the hidden hand of eric cantor, orchestrating his own plan while publicly throwing speaker boehner to the wolves. but that's what he's been doing for the last year. this may be a tragedy for john boehner, but in reality, it's the most terrible tragedy for the american people. and it's them who are being killed...
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john boehner surviving a challenge to his speakership. and now the battles between either end of pennsylvania avenue begin. >>> lockup bob mcdonnell sentenced to two years behind bars for a corruption conviction. and then 120 million americans are under cold weather advisories or warnings today. we've got the latest on this arctic blast that is sweeping much of the country. this is "way too early." ♪ >> such a contradiction. we can give you hot music, but cold video. good morning, everyone i'm thomas roberts. wednesday, january 7th. welcome to "way too early," the show three days back from vacation, but two bags packed to go away. can i get an amen in here? >> amen. >> that was a weak amen. can i get an amen? >> amen! >> there we go. it's hump day and we are feeling it. straight to the top of the show. we begin with this breaking story we've been following overnight at el paso, texas. one victim and a gunman are dead after a veteran opened fire on
john boehner surviving a challenge to his speakership. and now the battles between either end of pennsylvania avenue begin. >>> lockup bob mcdonnell sentenced to two years behind bars for a corruption conviction. and then 120 million americans are under cold weather advisories or warnings today. we've got the latest on this arctic blast that is sweeping much of the country. this is "way too early." ♪ >> such a contradiction. we can give you hot music, but cold video....
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boehner. well, i've not seen a record of mcconnell or boehner compromising. i know personally the president compromises. when he went in office may of 2009, he had me in the oval office with newt gingrich and told us, go on tour together, work together on education. he said to me, al, sometime you have to work with people you don't agree with, if you believe in what you stand for is more important. let's see who believes in the american people. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> war and peace. let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris math news back in washington. let me start tonight with the big
boehner. well, i've not seen a record of mcconnell or boehner compromising. i know personally the president compromises. when he went in office may of 2009, he had me in the oval office with newt gingrich and told us, go on tour together, work together on education. he said to me, al, sometime you have to work with people you don't agree with, if you believe in what you stand for is more important. let's see who believes in the american people. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton....
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boehner said what he had to say. he's not taking that back. paul ryan gets out there and tries to talk in a way that some of the people who might be bothered with what boehner said will start to feel better. >> i think that john boehner had a message that is fundamentally directed to the profit crowd of the republican party. people who sit atop the profit wing of the republican party. those who were available the last decade when it comes to keeping careful watch on the nation's pursestrings and a republican congress. paul ryan, of course, does have future national ambitions. i think john boehner is trying to run the house and he has had great difficulty doing that. >> this budget deal in the senate, it feels odd to me at this point that it doesn't have more public republican support. >> this is peculiar. paul ryan, it's almost easy to forget. the keeper of fiscal conservatism. i think what you are seeing is this budget deal already is both sides giving up on the fundamental requirement of compromise. the fundamental insight of the deal. is it
boehner said what he had to say. he's not taking that back. paul ryan gets out there and tries to talk in a way that some of the people who might be bothered with what boehner said will start to feel better. >> i think that john boehner had a message that is fundamentally directed to the profit crowd of the republican party. people who sit atop the profit wing of the republican party. those who were available the last decade when it comes to keeping careful watch on the nation's...
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john boehner is a good conservative. what we have learned from last week is that if you give the 30 to 60, whatever the actual number was, we can't know for issue, but 30 to 60 of the most conservative republicans veto power, you will never get a reasonable solution. president obama made a lot of concessions to john boehner. a lot of liberals didn't like all the concessions he made. he limited the reach of the tax cut, changed the indexing of social security. he put that stuff in there to get republican votes. i think if john boehner -- and it would take courage, said we're going to let the whole housework its will, you can't pass a lot of reasonable bills if you worked from the center out instead of starting from the far right and see what they can take. it's clear they're not going to accept much of anything that might be helpful. >> red state was reporting 34 would bolt from the caucus. what's your thought here, e.j.? did the republicans do a disservice to themselves? >> absolutely. i think they took themselves out of
john boehner is a good conservative. what we have learned from last week is that if you give the 30 to 60, whatever the actual number was, we can't know for issue, but 30 to 60 of the most conservative republicans veto power, you will never get a reasonable solution. president obama made a lot of concessions to john boehner. a lot of liberals didn't like all the concessions he made. he limited the reach of the tax cut, changed the indexing of social security. he put that stuff in there to get...
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if you were looking forf john boehner. i would say the op-ed andru naming paul ryan to basically boehner said we're going to the bush tax cuts, th signs are not good forpeople where the party should go. i think romn did better wn he started moderating but that's to be debated i guess with the republican partattention, the op-ed in the got a lot of raising the possibility that she may not have gone back= over as head n lead the tential just a joke or a lot obf cservatives who are still taking her seriously? >> sarah palin is a very interesting person. i think shen a big i'll give you e example, i'm in little rock r work for governor huckásab fo four years, a very intesting character because you would hel ot, heoverned by moving the ballwah a 87% docrat legislature and do he mandated arts, another b word, among t conservatives and arts education inhe gave heo are the children of parents who made too much money to get free health care but not enough to afford -- >> richard >> there is governance and moving the ball forwar
if you were looking forf john boehner. i would say the op-ed andru naming paul ryan to basically boehner said we're going to the bush tax cuts, th signs are not good forpeople where the party should go. i think romn did better wn he started moderating but that's to be debated i guess with the republican partattention, the op-ed in the got a lot of raising the possibility that she may not have gone back= over as head n lead the tential just a joke or a lot obf cservatives who are still taking...
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as a matter of fact, to that point, john boehner, do not go to boehner? okay? so, we're waiting to hear from john boehner. apparently, he is just coming out of the room and you know, to her point, there has been some pushback on the democratic side. she talked about the irs targeting the naacp, also green peace, a california church. but in spite of all that, do you think heads are about to roll? >> the irs for sure because you have two leaders there who appear to have directly misled congress and other people in the past talking about when they first heard about this. learner said on friday she had heard about this for the first time in 2012. >> now, john boehner is talking about this. >> trying to get to the bottom of what happened. the administration that could make us a lot easier for all americans by coming forward with e-mails that have shown us in some cases that have not turned over to us and i don't want to prolong this anymore than anyone else. what i want is the truth. in addition to that, the irs is admitted to targets conservatives. even if the whit
as a matter of fact, to that point, john boehner, do not go to boehner? okay? so, we're waiting to hear from john boehner. apparently, he is just coming out of the room and you know, to her point, there has been some pushback on the democratic side. she talked about the irs targeting the naacp, also green peace, a california church. but in spite of all that, do you think heads are about to roll? >> the irs for sure because you have two leaders there who appear to have directly misled...
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why not just put the sort of -- hot potato directly in boehner's lap and say john boehner, if you take a vote, david axel rod suggested. take a vote on this. >> that is what earnest was suggesting today. we feel that it would pass in the house. and so, do this. and just bring it to a vote. >> but why hasn't he specifically, i guess put baner in the hot seat on it? >> there is this weird face for the last two years. they have wanted to give them all the space they possibly can. because they actually believe that john boehner wants to get this done and they see these signs in the air that boehner will do it and they believe it. >> and that's not happening. >> i don't know why. >> john boehner wants republican interest groups to think he wants to do it. >> big business wants comprehensive immigration reform bill. they want their republican allies to get it done. but republicans know it's all downside and no up side. >> but they look at 2016 and think if we don't do this we're not going to win a national election again. congressly, maybe. >> john boehner's problem is to hold a lot of seats
why not just put the sort of -- hot potato directly in boehner's lap and say john boehner, if you take a vote, david axel rod suggested. take a vote on this. >> that is what earnest was suggesting today. we feel that it would pass in the house. and so, do this. and just bring it to a vote. >> but why hasn't he specifically, i guess put baner in the hot seat on it? >> there is this weird face for the last two years. they have wanted to give them all the space they possibly can....
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again, though, the most important dynamic here is between the president and boehner. >> yes. >> and boehner and republicans who have not voted to raise any taxes in washington in, what, 20, 25 years? >> mm-hmm. >> and so, as mark said, the president has just made john boehner's job much, much more difficult. everybody is looking at tom cole now who is going to be prima primaried. this is what happens when you go and try to meet democrats halfway. according to "the new york times," they start with a proposal that's loaded with democratic priorities. according to "the wall street journal," the first offer was provocative. suddenly tom cole looks like an idiot out there. >> or he gives someone to boehner's left so he doesn't look so extreme. >> but, again, the president by putting this offer out there just made it impossible for another tom cole to step out and be responsive. >> the curt phone call between ba boehner and the president makes me feel they are posturing and getting -- >> first of all, i couldn't disagree more. i think there are lines of optimism to be seen very clearly in this de
again, though, the most important dynamic here is between the president and boehner. >> yes. >> and boehner and republicans who have not voted to raise any taxes in washington in, what, 20, 25 years? >> mm-hmm. >> and so, as mark said, the president has just made john boehner's job much, much more difficult. everybody is looking at tom cole now who is going to be prima primaried. this is what happens when you go and try to meet democrats halfway. according to "the...
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did you receive any response from speaker boehner? >> united we dream, we had over 200 dreamers and parents outside of his house. we set up an empty thanksgiving table with empty chairs to remind him of the families that will be separated this upcoming thursday. we didn't receive a response from him directly. we know that 20 minutes after we left, he left his house so he definitely knew we were there. he was just waiting for us to leave. but there was an article that came out the day after kind of going back on the words that he told the two younger girls saying that immigration reform is a priority. >> you guys are keeping up the pressure and you have a lot of wind at your backs because according to the pew research center there are 12 million undocumented immigrants in this country. more than 400,000 people were deported last year alone. meanwhile a new poll shows a whopping 63% of americans approve of creating a path to citizenship and last night the president said speaker boehner's sincerity in getting this done is something that
did you receive any response from speaker boehner? >> united we dream, we had over 200 dreamers and parents outside of his house. we set up an empty thanksgiving table with empty chairs to remind him of the families that will be separated this upcoming thursday. we didn't receive a response from him directly. we know that 20 minutes after we left, he left his house so he definitely knew we were there. he was just waiting for us to leave. but there was an article that came out the day...
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and i say bravo boehner. it's about time he draws the line in the sand between political hysteria and rhetoric and governing. someone has to come to a consensus of direction and solution or resolution. i think the speaker has done that. more importantly, and i think this is something a lot of the members or at least the third party groups aren't getting, bain ser giving them a big cya going into next year. the last thing the republicans need is for the party to be into a conversation about the debt ceiling, sequestration, budget cuts, and all these things that are going to be hot button issues from an economic standpoint that put us much more in a defensive posture in negotiating with this administration than an aggressive posture we find ourselves in now. which is why a lot of the folks on the left are put out by this but haven't said too much because they know they have an upper hand here. i think boehner has given them a lot more maneuverability going into next year that they don't rightly appreciate. this
and i say bravo boehner. it's about time he draws the line in the sand between political hysteria and rhetoric and governing. someone has to come to a consensus of direction and solution or resolution. i think the speaker has done that. more importantly, and i think this is something a lot of the members or at least the third party groups aren't getting, bain ser giving them a big cya going into next year. the last thing the republicans need is for the party to be into a conversation about the...
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mitt romney hooking up with john boehner. they immediately got a bill to the floor in a span of three days after this became a national news story. look atç the coordination betwn the gop leadership and mitt romney. >> speaker boehner barely speaks to mitt romney, remember that? >> thanks so much, guys. if you'd like to see those two gentlemen in tuxedos, tune in tomorrow night for special coverage the white house correspondents dinner. that begins here at 10:00 eastern. we'll be right back to clear the air. [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. love the air. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em, with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds, and stops new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control. guys. come here, come here
mitt romney hooking up with john boehner. they immediately got a bill to the floor in a span of three days after this became a national news story. look atç the coordination betwn the gop leadership and mitt romney. >> speaker boehner barely speaks to mitt romney, remember that? >> thanks so much, guys. if you'd like to see those two gentlemen in tuxedos, tune in tomorrow night for special coverage the white house correspondents dinner. that begins here at 10:00 eastern. we'll be...
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>> it is about boehner. he's more concerned about saving his speakership than he is about defending the country. there's a structural problem here as well. in the house because of gerrymandering, you have a lot of folks who are more worried about being primaried from the right than they are about a general election. why did the senate act more responsibly? because you have a whole lot of republicans who have to run in 2016 many of them in blue states. republicans have to stop putting bull blank in essential bills, but i think we're going to see a real crisis here when this three-week extension fails, which it apparently is going to fail. if it does fail, they're going to have to go back to the drawing boards because they're going to be held responsible if the dhs is defunded. >> the republicans have made a living on saying, we're the folks who protect the country. let's play politics right now. is this the democratic party saying this is important, you're not going to let anything else get in the way because
>> it is about boehner. he's more concerned about saving his speakership than he is about defending the country. there's a structural problem here as well. in the house because of gerrymandering, you have a lot of folks who are more worried about being primaried from the right than they are about a general election. why did the senate act more responsibly? because you have a whole lot of republicans who have to run in 2016 many of them in blue states. republicans have to stop putting bull...
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. >>> i think john boehner is one of the prime examples of worthless, worthless republicans. >> this is basically democrat light. >> the speaker is absurd. >> the speaker demonstrated a poverty of leadership. the speaker demonstrated he can only -- >> he just got 332 votes. >> he did get 332 votes because he got the democrats to vote with limb. >> the democrats. boehner helped broker the most basic of compromises to keep the government functioning at the current incredibly pathetic levels. with a promise november shutdowns for a couple of years. it would be like if mayor rob ford's new year's resolution was i promise to maintain my present level of crack smoking. >> all right. so congress has to get all its work done so everyone can go home for the holidays. and that means the senate moves forward with a vote today on a budget deal that already passed john boehner's house. also, relations between the u.s. and russia only getting more tense. no one from the white house is going to the olympics as mr. putin pledges billions to try to support the ukrainian government which is still taki
. >>> i think john boehner is one of the prime examples of worthless, worthless republicans. >> this is basically democrat light. >> the speaker is absurd. >> the speaker demonstrated a poverty of leadership. the speaker demonstrated he can only -- >> he just got 332 votes. >> he did get 332 votes because he got the democrats to vote with limb. >> the democrats. boehner helped broker the most basic of compromises to keep the government functioning at...
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speaker boehner's $800 billion tax hike will destroy american jobs. the heritage foundation skewered the boehner counteroffer on its blog. at first blush, it appears little more than categorical preemptive capitulation. to be fair, the details of the republican proposal are extraordinarily vague to the extent it can be interpreted from the hazy details that it is utterly unacceptable. president obama said today there is a time and a place to discuss reforming the tax code. but that time is not now. >> what i've suggested is let's put a down payment on taxes, let's let tax rates on the upper income folks go up. let's let those go up. and then let's set up a process with a time certain at the end of 2013 or the fall of 2013 where we work on tax reform. we look at what loopholes and deductions both democrats and republicans are willing to close. and it is possible that we may be able to lower rates by broadening the base at that point. >> joining me here in washington are congressman tim walls, democrat from minnesota, and karen finney, the former dnc di
speaker boehner's $800 billion tax hike will destroy american jobs. the heritage foundation skewered the boehner counteroffer on its blog. at first blush, it appears little more than categorical preemptive capitulation. to be fair, the details of the republican proposal are extraordinarily vague to the extent it can be interpreted from the hazy details that it is utterly unacceptable. president obama said today there is a time and a place to discuss reforming the tax code. but that time is not...
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he comes in here and he will talk with boehner. he won't talk with the other republicans. he hasn't built the trust. >> so has the president and the democrats, do you think they have done enough to build trust on the other side? >> i think so. i have been here 30 years now. this republican conference in the house is more hard edged, more hard to bid than has been true almost all the time i have been here. there has been in a sense a radicalization in the republican conference here in the house and it makes it very difficult to negotiate. the president has been talking with the speaker. he made an offer. it was essentially rejected by the speaker. he then comes up with another alternative. it is turned down by the conference that he is supposed to lead. i think all of that has made this a more difficult proposition. i think the president, he has offered cuts in spending essentially it has been very difficult to deal with this republican majority now in the house. and what i am hopeful of in this very, very critical last 48 hours is that the senate will act, they will find c
he comes in here and he will talk with boehner. he won't talk with the other republicans. he hasn't built the trust. >> so has the president and the democrats, do you think they have done enough to build trust on the other side? >> i think so. i have been here 30 years now. this republican conference in the house is more hard edged, more hard to bid than has been true almost all the time i have been here. there has been in a sense a radicalization in the republican conference here...
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quote, boehner's claim leaves out so much it's at best a half truth. and the contention that boehner's experience is at all representative jumps it from half truth to outright lie. l.a. times. >> the problem is here boehner's office is spended so much time of putting out the releases, not doing what congress needs to do. instead they keep on trying to attack obama care. it's the law. let's try to make it work. and i also want to emphasize a point that james made. i couldn't agree more with that puzzling nature. to embrace taking on obama care. and making it available to the states and the other point i wanted to add to that was the fiscal aspect to it. because in terms of not bringing it to your own state, you are incurring a tremendous loss in terms of state budget. so i'm just puzzled why the states that -- keep out of it. >> i mentioned over 56,000 people in kentucky have signed up under obama care. >> exactly. >> the wths went behind the numbers to a clinic in rural part of the state where the paper says the long uninsured are lining up. quote, one
quote, boehner's claim leaves out so much it's at best a half truth. and the contention that boehner's experience is at all representative jumps it from half truth to outright lie. l.a. times. >> the problem is here boehner's office is spended so much time of putting out the releases, not doing what congress needs to do. instead they keep on trying to attack obama care. it's the law. let's try to make it work. and i also want to emphasize a point that james made. i couldn't agree more...
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first of all, boehner wasn't elected peeker. and he's also implying that the president doesn't have a mandate. it's the president and the democrats who won the election. the president won by 5 million votes. democrats expanded their majority in the senate and the house democrats earned 1.4 34i8on votes than the gop candidates. boehner is e let the record reflect elected by the republican caucus. this is what makes me not know what they'll do. >> when i said in the top of the show, who's pulling thestri ini are the big donors. these people don't care if we go over the fiscal deadline. that's why they're so cavalier about it. they are trying to redistribute this country's wealth along the lines of more fuel for the wealthy. i think we've got to resist this because what they're trying to do is really make it so that the average american worker is cost competitive with the average chinese worker. we can't have that. we've got to have a society that really reflects the true wealth of the whole nation, which working class people produ
first of all, boehner wasn't elected peeker. and he's also implying that the president doesn't have a mandate. it's the president and the democrats who won the election. the president won by 5 million votes. democrats expanded their majority in the senate and the house democrats earned 1.4 34i8on votes than the gop candidates. boehner is e let the record reflect elected by the republican caucus. this is what makes me not know what they'll do. >> when i said in the top of the show, who's...
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a whole seven of them wrote a letter to john boehner requesting such an extension. the speaker's response, maybe. only in exchange for more ransom from democrats, a stance reiterated by paul ryan this morning. >> they wanted to put it in the agreement without off sets which would have blown a 20, $25 billion hole. a last minute request with no offsets. >> such is the reality of unemployment debate in congress. an issue that used to be bipartisan is now exclusively the province of democrats of the gop is perfectly comfortable with the idea of cutting off unemployment benefits to those in need. the reason, as rand paul made clear last week is a core belief unless you are a corporation, government assistance of any kind makes you lazy. >> i do support unemployment benefits for the 26 weeks they are paid for. if you extend it beyond that, you do a disservice to these workers. >> many including the atlantic point out despite missing an empathy gene paul is wrong about unemployment insurance. the unemployed aren't unemployed because of an overall generous safety net. they
a whole seven of them wrote a letter to john boehner requesting such an extension. the speaker's response, maybe. only in exchange for more ransom from democrats, a stance reiterated by paul ryan this morning. >> they wanted to put it in the agreement without off sets which would have blown a 20, $25 billion hole. a last minute request with no offsets. >> such is the reality of unemployment debate in congress. an issue that used to be bipartisan is now exclusively the province of...
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boehner knows this. this is why boehner is now coming to the table saying, all right, we can't do the cliff thing, we'll get the political hit for it and we'll also be in a bad negotiating position. but he has to identify where the money's coming from. and it's got to be rates. i get a sense in washington that the democrats have drawn the line in the sand on rates. if you can't get rates, you can't get anything else. boehner's going to come out and identify a bunch of deductions. that's not going to be enough. you got to go the rates. once you do the rates, everything else might fall in place because do i think the white house will negotiate. >> i want to go over the stakes of all of this just for the average american family, if we do go over the cliff, about 90% of households would end up paying almost $3,500 more in taxes and one in five action pai -- taxpayers would have to pay the alternative minimum tax, which would mean an increase of $3,700 more of what you already know and those on unemployment i
boehner knows this. this is why boehner is now coming to the table saying, all right, we can't do the cliff thing, we'll get the political hit for it and we'll also be in a bad negotiating position. but he has to identify where the money's coming from. and it's got to be rates. i get a sense in washington that the democrats have drawn the line in the sand on rates. if you can't get rates, you can't get anything else. boehner's going to come out and identify a bunch of deductions. that's not...
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this isn't the first time boehner said no. he turned down an invitation to a state dinner for the president. nbc's kelly o'donnell is live in washington for us. the speaker said they were not consulted about the date. that is not exactly what the white house is saying. tell us what's going on capitol hill. >> there's a real different of opinion here. the white house had been planning to do a joint session, hoping that would be the venue for the president's speech for some weeks. but they did not notify the speaker's office until the day that they also alerted the media. and the speaker's aides are told they weren't told a letter was coming and were not consulted for any input on the date, whether that would work for the houps or not. so there was a blistering pullback when john boehner realized that he had a problem, that he knew there would be some probably oppose this. one of the things you have to understand is you have to pass a joint resolution to have the two chambers come together. usually this is so automatic, but now,
this isn't the first time boehner said no. he turned down an invitation to a state dinner for the president. nbc's kelly o'donnell is live in washington for us. the speaker said they were not consulted about the date. that is not exactly what the white house is saying. tell us what's going on capitol hill. >> there's a real different of opinion here. the white house had been planning to do a joint session, hoping that would be the venue for the president's speech for some weeks. but they...
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boehner is trying to go to the conservatives at the 11th hour. steny hoyer said they have not come to him, so boehner has a narrow window. that's going to be -- he's going to have a morning meeting on friday trying to whip up some support. >> there's really no precedent for this that i can think of, and we talked about it before when ted cruz was doing this in the house before. there's also no tried and tested technique by house leadership to prevent this. does boehner have a brighter idea this time than he did the last time ted cruz started meddling over there? >> when i speak to aides, they have the same refrain. this is an unusual situation. >> and so they don't really have a play against this, they just know -- they try to keep track of how many people went over to ted cruz's office tonight, things like that? >> they're keeping tabs and all, but there is a debate within the gop leadership. some people think boehner should push a little harder against cruz for meddling in house affairs. but the other argument is that cruz has such a grip on th
boehner is trying to go to the conservatives at the 11th hour. steny hoyer said they have not come to him, so boehner has a narrow window. that's going to be -- he's going to have a morning meeting on friday trying to whip up some support. >> there's really no precedent for this that i can think of, and we talked about it before when ted cruz was doing this in the house before. there's also no tried and tested technique by house leadership to prevent this. does boehner have a brighter...
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i'm very disappointed with john boehner who had once again tried to preserve his role at the expense of the country. >> the problem that we've got is that for speaker boehner, for example, him negotiating with me isn't necessarily good for the extreme faction in his caucus. it weakens them, so there have been repeated situations where we have agreements then he goes back and it turns out that he can't control his caucus, so the challenge here is can you deliver on agreements that are made? >> all right, now after failing to produce a plan of their own and stalling the senate's negotiations, here's what needs to happen today. if the senate finishes a deal and passes it the leadership will bring the senate bill to the floor for a vote and that will pass with democrat support. one aide says "it's all over. we'll take the senate deal" and another says it's "time to roll over." republican leadership is also under fire from conservative groups, heritage action came out against the house plan for not taking a strong enough stand against obama care. and the senate conservative fund says sena
i'm very disappointed with john boehner who had once again tried to preserve his role at the expense of the country. >> the problem that we've got is that for speaker boehner, for example, him negotiating with me isn't necessarily good for the extreme faction in his caucus. it weakens them, so there have been repeated situations where we have agreements then he goes back and it turns out that he can't control his caucus, so the challenge here is can you deliver on agreements that are...